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August 05, 2011

Things got a little hotter for Tom Wheeler, the former director of the Iowa Film Office, today. O. Kay Henderson reports an announcement that filmmaker Bruce Elgin has pleaded guilty to a reduced misdemeanor charge and will cooperate with prosecutors -- presumably against Mr. Wheeler. Mr. Elgin had faced felony charges.

While Mr. Wheeler seems to have been cast for the role of scapegoat in this production, the legislature that passed the ill-conceived program with only three dissenting votes faces no charges; nor does the former Governor who signed the program into law and appointed Mr. Wheeler to run it.